Today I accepted a tutoring position that is only 6 hours per week and would be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. So--3 hours each day. Fuck. I pretty much had a mental breakdown in the parking lot ( Read more... )

Three papers due tomorrow morning and one wiki. I've got one paper pretty complete, one with most of it complete and one with notes. I feel sick and I think I am going to bed. Screw it. Hopefully it'll all fall into place anyway.

Tense political discussion today in my class, and now it feels like there are marbles loose rolling around in my head. Here's what happened ( Read more... )

Stop procrastinating and write your paper ( Read more... )

Class right now: learning about why--even with educational intervention most people remain in the class that they are born into. It makes sense to me, especially looking at some of the people in my class--one dude has made repeated comments about slacking like its cool. I'm like, you freeloader, you are only here because you are in the middle/ ( Read more... )

I AM DONE WITH STUDENT TEACHER, AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I feel pretty good about myself and the connections I made.

Very difficult, but very rewarding. I glomped the dean before I left.

yay-yay-yay!

YEAH, ok, today was a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing, and I think that is the total of what my kids learned too.

But I suppose--I was respectful and kind which maybe somehow did something right? Sort of like the butterfly affect? Maybe someone on the other side of the earth had a nice day because of it??

IDK

OH MY GOD! NEW book by JKR?!!!!!

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/5/29/new-harry-potter-prequel-to-feature-marauders-story

I'm not sure what this means ??? Is it going to be a novel or not?

If I could: here's what I'd want. I want to be somewhere on a beach by the Ocean. I want a personal trainer so I can study meditation, Pilates, and rollerskating. Also, body boarding or something in the water ( Read more... )

I'm getting better at teaching and fielding problems. I still worry about crap a lot, but I'm pretty ok when I am in the game.

I am SO disorganized, I think that is my major problem right now.

I just got an email about another position in London. This one I want. I don't know what my chances are but I had my resume sent over.